If I can't read it, I won't!

[Cannonball]

Now I'm one of the Gauge members whose primary language is NOT English.

And yet, your post was far easier to read than the many posts made around the internet by what I call "Generation Texters."
If you can make yourself clearly understood, why can't some kid who uses English as his native tongue?
Because so many have gotten used to using abbreviations and shorthand due to texting on cell phones all day instead of paying attention to their lessons in school.

Pretty soon, job resume's will look like:

i thnk it wood b reely gr8 2 wrk hear KTHNXBYE